rich 1.0 Photo:  Hôtel de Crillon, Paris: one of the grand hotels of the world.  Fair use. CBS Eye on the World, with John Batchelor #SmallBusinessAmerica.  Hotel occupancy surges. @GeneMarks  @Guardian  @PhillyInquirer STR: Weekly US Hotel Occupancy Reaches 60%, a First Since Start of Pandemic Occupancy Rate Down 15% Compared to Same Week in 2019 https://www.costar.com/article/1550553491/str-weekly-us-hotel-occupancy-reaches-60-a-first-since-start-of-pandemic Las Vegas Visitor Authority for April: No Convention Attendance, Visitor Traffic Down 27% Compared to 2019 https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2021/05/las-vegas-visitor-authority-for-april.html Forrester predicts 70% of US and EU companies planning full shift to hybrid work A new survey from Forrester found that organizations are expecting some employees to spend at least two days working remotely. https://www.zdnet.com/article/forrester-predicts-70-of-us-and-eu-companies-planning-full-shift-to-hybrid-work/ Beware of all those small business 'surveys.' They're biased and partisan  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/27/beware-of-all-those-small-business-surveys-theyre-/ SBA launches $100 million grant program to help small businesses: What you need to know http://www.al.com/news/2021/05/sba-launches-100-million-grant-program-to-help-small-businesses-what-you-need-to-know.html? NASA Invests $105 Million in US Small Business Technology Development https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/state/nasa-invests-105-million-in-us-small-business-technology-development/article_705a5cee-5ed9-55cc-b53d-02c463f46312.html The John Batchelor Show https://audioboom.com/channels/4002274-the-john-batchelor-show Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/38080389/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/7876873/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>